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Congress, ) SENATE. c Document 

t Session. \ ? No. 40. 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



LETTER 

FROM 

THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, 

TRANSMITTING, 

IN RESPONSE TO SENATE RESOLUTION OP APRIL 14, 1897, A 
STATEMENT PREPARED BY THE CHIEF OP THE DIVISION OP 
FORESTRY REGARDING WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



April 19, 1897. — Keferred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. 



Department of Agriculture, 

Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, D. C, April 15, 1897. 
Sir: Pursuant to the resolution of your honorable body, dated April 
14, 1897, asking for information regarding white-pine timber supplies, 
I have the honor to transmit a statement prepared under my direction 
by the chief of the division of forestry, which will conform at least with 
the spirit of the resolution. 

I regret that the information at hand does not permit of a, more 
concise statement of this important question, but believe tbat the 
statement contains the closest possible approximation to actual facts 
and furnishes a striking argument for the need of r .tional forest 
management. 

Eespectfully, Jamf . Wilson, 

Secretary. 
The President of the Senate. 



REPORT ON THE PROBABLE AMOUNTS OF WHITE PINE AND OTHER 
CONIFEROUS TIMBER STANDING AND ITS CONSUMPTION IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 

U. S. Department r f Agriculture, 
11 D, vision of Forestry, 

Wast ington, B. C, April 15, 1897. 
There are no statistics of timber stan ng in the United States avail- 
able which can claim to be ac urate i any mathematical sense, nor 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES, 






would it be possible to ascertain such, if for no other reason than that 
the methods of utilization, which are largely dependent on changes of 
local and market conditions, change the amounts of material considered 
merchantable, harvested, or sawed from a given forest growth, the 
conception of what constitutes merchantable timber varying. 

In the following statement, therefore, only a general survey of the 
reported facts has been attempted for the purpose of making clear 
the situation regarding the supply and consumption of coniferous wood 
in the United States. In this the more or less partial estimates of dis- 
interested parties, combined with a professional knowledge of possi- 
bilities or probabilities, have been utilized for an approximation to the 
truth — a statement of probabilities rather than actualities. 

Ever since the publication of the statistics of the Tenth Census 
regarding the white pine timber standing — nearly fifteen years — there 
has been a contention as to their correctness. Time has proven their 
extreme inaccuracy, for, while then only eight years' supply was sup- 
posed to be standing, when the annual cut was 10 billion feet, we have, 
with an increased cut, lumbered white pine for sixteen years and still 
there is a considerable quantity left. 

Yet, at last, the end is visible, and even the most sanguine can not 
longer hide the truth that within the next decade we shall witness the 
practical exhaustion of this greatest staple of our lumber market. 

As stated before, even now there are really no statistics upon which 
to base a correct prognostication as to the date of this exhaustion. 
Estimates only are available, and estimates of standing timber are pro- 
verbially unreliable, mostly underestimates, and always to be taken 
with caution. Furthermore, if an estimate of the duration of supplies 
of a special kind is to be made, it is necessary not only to know the 
supplies and the present cut but also to foresee the changes in the cut, 
the replacement in the market by other kinds, and the economies that 
may be practiced in the methods of logging, as, for instance, by the 
reduction in the size acceptable for saw logs, by cutting smaller trees, 
by the use of band saws, and by closer utilization generally, whereby 
the duration of supplies can be lengthened. 

Thus, while the estimates of the Tenth Census were based on a mini- 
mum log of, say, 10 or even 12 inches diameter, in the present practice 
8-inch «.nd even 5-inch logs are used; while in 1880 hemlock went beg- 
ging and vliitewood had not yet been found to answer as a good substi- 
tute for white pine, and Southern pine had not yet begun to compete, 
the interchan. eableness of all these species in the market now renders 
the forecast stir! more complicated. 

Nevertheless, ii has become apparent that while white pine will be 
cut in the United States for many decades, as owners of the stumpage 
control their holdings, the enormous amounts which have hitherto been 
cut annually can not be had beyond the next five or six years, even 
with Canada to help in eking out our deficiencies. 

CONSUMPTION. 

From the statistics of the cut since 1873, compiled by the North- 
western Lumberman (see Appendix 1), it appears that since that year 
the stupendous amount of 154 billion feet, B. M., and 83 billion shingles, 
or altogether in round numbers 105 billion feet of white pine has been 
cut in the States of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; and this total 
may be readily increased, by allowing for cuts in other parts of the coun- 
try, to over 200 billion feet, B. M., which this single species has yielded 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



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to build up our civilization in the last eighteen years, an amount to pro- 
duce which continuously at least 20,000,000 acres of well-stocked and 
well-kept pine forest would be required. 

Divided for convenience and comparison into six-year periods, the cut 
in the Northwest appears to have been as follows, according to the 
source cited : 



White pine sawed by mills of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. 
[In billion feet, B. M., round numbers.] 





1873-1878. 


1879-1884. 


1885-1890. 


1891-1896. 




23 
2 


40 
3 


48 




Shingles (1,000 = 


= 100 feet, B. M.) 










25 


43 


51 


46 



A total of 165 billion feet, B. M. 



From 1873, when the cut was about 4 billion feet, the draft on this 
resource was constantly increased until 1892, when it reached its maxi- 
mum, nearly 9 billion feet, B. M., and 4J billion shingles. Then a gradual 
decline began to 7| billion feet in 1893, 6§ billion feet in 1894, rising once 
more to over 7 billion in 1895, and reaching the lowest output in 1896, 
with 5£ billion feet; shingle production declining similarly to 1£ billion, 
which, translated into board measure, raises the requirements for that 
year to little less than 7J billion feet. This decline does not necessa- 
rily indicate any giving out of the supply, but might have been due, 
and probably was due, to business depression generally and to the 
competition of other kinds of lumber and shingles. 

The total output of white pine in 1890, before the maximum was 
reached and when the cut of the Northwest was recorded for lumber 
and shingles as a little over 9 billion feet, was placed by the competent 
agent of the Eleventh Census, in charge of the statistics of lumber 
manufacture, at 11.3 billion feet of white pine and Norway pine, or 
about 25 per cent as coming from other regions, while hemlock, spruce, 
and fir were estimated as furnishing 7.9 billion feet, so that our require- 
ments of these classes of timber may for ordinary years be placed in 
round numbers at 20 billion feet. 

In discussing the question of duration of supplies it can, as stated 
before, be reasonably done only by considering at the same time all 
supplies of a similar nature, namely of the white pine, Norway pine, 
spruce, and hemlock at least, which can be and are used more or less 
interchangeably, and will be still more so in the future, to meet our 
immense requirements for this class of material. That these require- 
ments are not to remain stationary, but have a tendency to increase, 
may be seen from the development of the wood-pulp industry. 

While in 1881 the daily capacity of wood-pulp mills was less than 
750,000 pounds, it had more than doubled in 1887, and then increased 
steadily, doubling almost every three or four years, as follows: 



Pounds. 

1887 1,687,900 

1888 2,153,500 

1889 3, 474, 100 

1890 4, 12, 200 

1891 4,497,200 



Pounds. 

1892. 5,138,300 

1893 6, 495, 400 

1894 7,231,900 

1895 9,027,000 



4 WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 

This last figure may be conservatively estimated to correspond to an 
annual consumption of probably 800,000,000 feet, B. M., of material. 

There was imported from 1891 to 1896 wood pulp to the value of 
$10,337,059, as follows: 

1891 $1,902,689 

1892 1,820,143 

1893 2,908,884 

1894 1,664,547 

1895 984,692 

1896 1,056,704 

Total 10,337,659 

SUPPLIES. 

While the above figure of 20 billion feet, B. M., gives a fair idea as to 
average consumption, which may vary perhaps by 10 per cent one way 
or the other, we are much less certain as to supplies standing. 

For Minnesota the chief fire warden of the State has attempted a 
canvass (see Appendix 2), the result of which would indicate nearly 
18 billion feet as standing in the State, including Norway pine, the 
estimate having been made for 1895. This has been criticised by com- 
petent judges as much too high; nevertheless, adding the estimates of 
all other kinds of coniferous wood, some of which as yet remains unused, 
it is thought that a statement in round numbers of 20 billion feet of 
coniferous wood in Minnesota fit for lumbering, though large, would be 
reasonably enough near the truth for our purposes in forecasting the 
probabilities. 

For Wisconsin official data are entirely lacking; an estimate of 10 
billion as the maximum stand of white pine and Norway pine has been 
made by a competent lumberman. (See Appendix 3.) As there is 
considerable hemlock and other coniferous wood in the State, and as it 
is preferable to overstate, we may treble this amount and take 30 billion 
feet, a probable overstatement of 50 per cent, as the maximum amount 
of coniferous timber fit for lumbering standing in the State. 

For Michigan a canvass from township to township has been made 
by the commissioner of labor of the State for 1896 (see Appendix 4), 
which develops an area of 2^ million acres in pine and hemlock. 

If the average stand per acre, which the census of 1890 showed as 
6,000 feet for white pine, is applied to the whole area, the amount of 
timber standing would be 15 billion feet, which, for safety, we may 
increase by 20 per cent, or say 18 billion feet, of which 6 billion would 
be white pine. This, too, is supposed to overstate the conditions by 50 
per cent. 

For Pennsylvania the partial returns of the commissioner of forestry 
would make an estimate of 10 billion feet pine and hemlock appear 
highly extravagant. In a private communication he estimates the 
standing timber of white pine at 500 million, of spruce at 70 million, 
and of hemlock at 5,000 million feet, B. M. 

For New York, without much basis, 5 billion may be allowed as an 
extravagant figure, with a cut of not less than 500 million feet; another 
3 billion for New Hampshire; and, with a closer estimate, based on 
figures given by the forest commissioner of Maine, that State may be 
given at best not to exceed 10 billion feet of spruce, pine, and hemlock. 

It is well known that in the " Pine Tree" State the white pine is long 
since reduced to a small proportion of the coniferous wood standing. 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 5 

Tlie spruce country is confined to the elevated northern half of the 
State, north of a line from the White Mountains to Mars Hill, with a 
spruce-bearing area of probably less than 6,000 square miles. The 
stand on the two main spruce-producing drainage basins, the Kennebec 
and Androscoggin, has been estimated at round 5,000 million feet, B. M., 
with a present cut of round 350 million feet. Partial vstatistics of the 
cut are given in Appendix 5, which would indicate a total cut of conif- 
erous woods in Maine of not far from 500 million feet in 1895 and 
] (receding years. 

In all these estimates of standing timber the writer has leaned 
toward extravagance rather than understatement, and thus the total is 
found to add up 100 billion feet of coniferous growth in the Northern 
States, of which less than half is pine, to satisfy a cut of at least 18 to 
20 billion feet per annum. 

The writer does not say that in less than six years every stick of 
pine, spruce, and hemlock will be cut, for such figures as these do not 
admit of mathematical deductions, but the gravity of the question of 
supply is certainly apparent. Even doubling the estimates, it is found 
that, with the present rate and method of cutting, ten years must have 
exhausted our virgin timber of these classes. We should add that much 
more intimate knowledge exists now regarding these supplies than was 
possible in 1880, when much of the country was still unopened and 
unknown. 

OTHER SUPPLIES. 

The Southern pines, to be sure, will enter more largely into competi- 
tion, as also the cypress and other coniferous woods of the South. 

The entire region within which pines occur in the South in merchant- 
able condition comprises about 230,000 square miles, or, in round num- 
bers, 147,000,000 acres; for land in farms, 10 million acres must be 
deducted, and allowing as much as two-thirds of the remainder as rep- 
resenting pine lands (the other to hard woods), we would have about 90 
million acres on which pine may occur. An average growth of 3,000 
feet per acre — an extravagant figure when referred to such an area — 
would make the possible stand 270 billion feet, provided it was in virgin 
condition and not largely cut out or culled. Altogether, the writer has 
reached the conclusion that, adding all other coniferous wood in the 
Smith, an estimate of 300 billion feet would be extravagant, which, 
added to the Northern supply of coniferous wood, gives a total supply 
of 400 billion feet to draw from in the Eastern United States; and as 
the entire cut of these classes of wood appears now to be not less than 
25 billion feet a year, and probably is nearer 30 billion, it may be stated 
with some degree of certainty that not fifteen to twenty years' supply 
of coniferous timber can be on hand in the Eastern States. 

In 1886 the writer ventured a statement that there was 600 billion 
feet of coniferous growth in the Eastern States; the cut was then esti- 
mated at 12 billion feet. If an average cut of 20 billion for the last 
ten years be allowed, which is reasonable, the present estimate of 400 
billion standing would lend color to the approximate correctness of 
these figures. 

If the inquiry is extended to the coniferous growth of the Pacific 
Coast, which in spite of the distance must finally come to our aid, only 
partial comfort will be found. The writer's estimate of 1,000 billion 
feet standing has been by competent judges declared extravagant. 
The annual cut on the Pacific Coast approaches certainly 4 billion feet, 



6 WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 

lience, adding these figures to those obtained for the East, with 1,400 
billion feet standing at best, and a cut of at least 30 billion feet per 
annum, there would appear to be, under most favorable contingencies, 
not more than forty to fifty years of this most necessary part of our 
wood supply in sight if the same lavishness in the use of it is continued. 
To be sure, there is some new growth and reproduction going on. The 
probability as to the former is that decay and destruction by fire offsets 
the accretion on the old timber of coniferous growth, and no one familiar 
with our forest conditions and present methods will indulge in a hope 
that the reproduction and young growth can materially change the 
results. Long before any new reproduction can have attained log size 
we will have got rid of the virgin supplies. 

ECONOMY. 

There is, then, only the possible alternative of supplying ourselves 
from other countries, or of curtailing our cut. In this latter regard 
the possibility is large. Not only can a much closer utilization of the 
standing timber be practiced, but a more economical use of the same is 
reasonably to be expected. 

As will appear from the figures given, this country consumes of conif- 
erous wood somewhat over 400 feet, B. M., per capita, while England, 
which probably has the lowest per capita consumption of wood among 
civilized nations, being almost entirely dependent upon importation, is 
able to get along with one-third that amount, and Germany's consump- 
tion remains below 150 feet, B. M., per capita of all kinds of sizeable 
wood. The margin within Avhich, therefore, we can curtail our require- 
ment is large enough to lengthen out our supplies considerably. 

CANADIAN SUPPLIES. 

As to importations, there is practically only one country from which 
such timber can be obtained — Canada. 

The statistician of the department of agriculture of the Dominion of 
Canada in 1895 estimated the white pine standing at 37.3 billion feet, 
with an annual cut of nearly 2 billion feet, including spars, masts, 
shingles, etc., which, as will readily be seen, can not materially change 
the position stated before, namely, that the next decade must witness 
the practical exhaustion of this greatest lumber staple. Even allowing 
10 billion feet of merchantable spruce, which may be found in New 
Brunswick and Nova Scotia, such allowance can not appreciably retard 
this exhaustion, since the total annual cut of Canadian coniferous 
wood exceeds 5 billion feet. Fifty per cent may be readily added to 
the estimates of standing timber in eastern Canada, thus assuming 75 
billion feet as on hand, and still Canada's cut alone will exhaust her 
resources in fifteen years, and this country will assist her to get rid of 
it in less time. 

So far the importations from Canada, although rapidly increasing, 
have been insignificant when compared with our home consumption. 
The importations of all kinds of forest products and wood manufac- 
tures have been hardly over 1 per cent of our own production, and, if 
we confine the inquiry to coniferous material only, the proportion of 
the importation of this class of materials rises to hardly 5 per cent 
of our home production of the same kinds. 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 7 

The two tables following, taken from the statements of the United 
States Bureau of Statistics, show the trade relations of the two coun- 
tries as regards these classes of imports from one country to the other. 

Value of imports of ivood and wood manufactures from Canada to the United States. 
[United States Bureau of Statistics.] 



From — 


1892. 


1893. 


1894. 


1895. 


1896. 


Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: 


$413, 536 
742, 875 

1, 640, 804 
9,012,215 


$340, 6S0 
888, 789 

2, 642, 094 
9, 974, 274 


$334, 267 
658, 806 

3, 415, 403 
7, 735, 856 


$1, 972, 885 
179, 489 

9, 240, 665 
950, 778 
108, 179 


$2, 762, 630 




85, 056 


Quebec and Ontario: 


11, 700, 851 




19, 969 




133, 148 










Total 


11,809,430 


13, 845, 837 


12,144,332 


12, 451, 996 


14, 701, 694 







Value of imports of wood and wood manufactures from the United States to Canada. 
[United States Bureau of Statistics.] 



To— 


1892. 


1893. 


1894. 


1895. 


1896. 


Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 


$115,110 

1, 746, 867 

100, 743 


$92, 208 

1, 990, 831 

100, 012 


$208. 737 

2, 740, 868 

111,914 


$190, 196 

2, 416, 728 

146, 423 


$21G, 977 
2, 723, 459 




152, 079 






Total 


1, 962, 720 


2, 183, 051 


3, 061, 519 


2, 753, 347 


3, 092, 515 







Exports of coniferous products from Canada to United States. 
[In millions of feet, B. M., rounded off.] 



Coniferous products. 


1877-1882. 


1883-1888. 


1889-1894. 


1892. 


1893. 


1894. 


1895. 


1896. 


Logs: 


6 years. 
5.5 
9.0 
2.2 


6 years. 

9.5 

26.6 

4.6 


6 years. 

20.0 

86.9 

504.5 


5.0 
23.0 
74.0 


5.9 
21.0 
127.0 


5.2 
17.9 

277.9 


2.2 

25,0 

212.2 


4.8 




15.2 




157.7 








16.7 


40.7 


611.4 


102.0 


153.9 


301.0 


239. 4 


177.7 






Lumber: 


31.5 

43.5 

965.8 

1.4 

14.9 

3.9 

(a) 


108.7 

64.8 

1, 132. 9 

.8 

21.8 

1.6 

(a) 


204.5 
250.7 
3, 098. 1 
.7 
132.2 
165.5 
(a) 


53.0 

38.7 

651.4 

.2 

33.4 


51.0 
89.4 
759.1 


42.5 

42.8 

1,018.3 


44.2 
44.0 
549.5 


48.8 




52. 3 


Boards, scantling, etc. 
Masts, spars, and other 


720.5 


40.3 


36.5 


65.8 


45.7 






Pulpwood blocks 


30.0 


62.0 


61.5 


76.3 


100.0 


Total manufactured 


1, 061. 


1, 330. 6 


3, 851. 7 


806.7 


1, 001. 8 


1, 201. 6 


779.8 


967.3 






Total coniferous 


1, 077. 7 


1, 371. 3 


4, 463. 1 


908.7 


1,155.7 


1, 502. 6 


1, 019. 2 


1, 145. 







a Too small to be stated in millions of feet, B. M. 

To arrive at an idea of the extent to which we have so far drawn on 
our neighbors for coniferous supplies, an attempt has been made in the 
following table to segregate from the trade and navigation reports of 
the Dominion of Canada those items which have reference to this dis- 
cussion, translating into board measure approximately the returns given 
in other measures. These figures are probably somewhat below the 



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WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



truth, but are sufficiently accurate for the present purpose, and are, 
moreover, the only ones available: 

Logs imported from Canada. 



1884 , 
1885. 
1886 . 
1887. 



Pine logs. 



Quan- 
tity, M 
feet. 



974 

380 

2.869 

6,350 

468 

10, 839 

32, 144 



1889 

1890 

1891 1 36,699 

1892 1 73,963 

1893 1127,084 

1894 :277,947 

1895 ;212, 231 

1896 |157,400 



Value. 



$8, 012 

2,300 

24, 452 

49, 242 

3,875 

94, 287 

261,626 

313,281 

651, 540 

1, 056, 355 

2, :S59. 951 
1, 860, 319 
1, 423, 489 



Price 
perM 
feet. 



$8.23 
6.05 
8.52 
7.75 
8:28 
8.70 
8.14 
8.54 
8.81 
8 32 
8.49 
8.77 
9.06 



Spruce logs. 



Quan- 
tity, M 
feet. 



6,820 
11,165 
17,541 
17, 526 
20, 714 
20, 360 
26, 073 
28, 494 
23, 404 
21, 103 
17, 926 
25. 095 
15, 182 



Value. 



$31, 793 
49, 449 
81, 874 
88, 773 
99, 450 
137, 298 
156, 898 
158, 334 
141,168 
123, 254 
107, 250 
90, 990 
86, 075 



Price 
per M 
feet. 



$4.66 
4.43 
4.67 
5.65 
4.80 
6.74 
6.02 
5.56 
6.02 
5.84 
6.00 
3.64 
5.67 



Hemlock logs. 



Quan- 
tity, M 
feet. 



4,818 
3,629 
6,881 
4,206 
4,512 
6,420 
2,952 
2,210 
5,057 
5,880 
5,217 
2,217 
4,761 



Value. 



$19, 168 
14, 752 
28, 076 
17,447 
18, 383 
24,261 
12, 288 

9,802 
21, 426 
26, 036 
19,713 

9,017 
18, 607 



Price 
per M 
feet. 



4.07 
4.08 
4.15 
4.07 
3.78 
4.17 
4.44 
4.24 
4.43 
3.77 
4.06 
3.90 



It will be seen that each six years' period shows an increase, and that 
the exports of the last three years were only 25 per cent lower than 
those of the six preceding years. The largest imports were recorded 
for 1894, when nearly 1£ billion feet partly manufactured coniferous wood 
and 300 million feet of logs of conifers were imported. This latter 
importation increased steadily up to that time, furnishing raw material 
mainly to our Michigan mills, whose home supply is largely gone. 

In the importation of logs it is interesting to observe that they 
increased in quantity without reference to the existence or absence of 
the export duty which the Canadian Government imposed in 1886 and 
abolished in 1891, and the price per M feet also seems uninfluenced. 
The necessity for these supplies to our mills, especially the mills of the 
Saginaw (Michigan) district, began to assert itself in 1886, the very 
year the export duty was imposed to prevent, if possible, these exports 
of raw material, and has grown constantly, the decline in 1895 and 1896 
simply marking the general business depression. 

It will be evident from these statements that our virgin coniferous 
supplies must share the fate which the buffalo has experienced, unless 
a practical application of rational forestry methods and a more economic 
use of supplies is presently inaugurated. Since coniferous wood repre- 
sents two-thirds to three-fourths of our entire lumber wood consumption, 
and its reproduction requires more care and longer time than that of 
hard woods, the urgency of changing methods in its use and treatment 
will be apparent. 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 9 

Appendix 1. 

Comparative statement of the white pine lumber product of the Northwest from 1873 to 1896, 

inclusive. 

[Compiled by Northwestern Lumberman.] 



Locality. 



Duluth district 

■St. Croix River 

Chippewa River 

Lumber line (C, St. P., M. &, O. 
R-R.) 

"Wisconsin River 

Mississippi River 

Miscellaneous mills — Minne- 
sota 

Wisconsin Valley Division, 
Chicago, Milwaukee and 
St.PaulRwy 

"Wisconsin Central R. R 

Milwaukee, Lake Shore and 
Western R wy 

W^olf River 

Miscellaneous mills — Wiscon- 
sin 



Total, west of Chicago 
district 



Green Bay shore district 

Cheboygan 

Manistee 

Ludington 

White Lake 

Muskegon 

Grand Haven and Spring Lake 

Miscellaneous mills- -Chicago 

and Lake Superior district.. 

Total, Chicago district . . 

Chicago and "West Michigan 
Rwy 

Grand Rapids and Indiana 
R.R 

Detroit, Lansingand Northern 
R.R 

Flint and Pere Marquette R. R. 

Mackinaw Division, Michigan 
Central K. R 

Miscellaneous mills — Michi- 
gan 



Total, railroad and in- 
terior mills 



The Saginaw Valley. 
Lake Huron shore... 



Total, Saginaw district. . 

Lake Erie points 

Grand total 



304, 392, 755 
166, 785, 000 
206, 548, 688 

148, 466, 773 



1, 092, 746, 462 
114, 546, 339 



181,418,261 
182, 990, 831 

206, 115, 454 
47, 000, 000 

340, 435, 350 



3,051,445,913 

639, 673, 224 
75, 500, 000 

211,801,069 
55, 306, 034 
12,112,000 
48, 249, 379 



470, 589, 855 



1,513,231,561 



8, 489, 000 

95, 843, 820 

14, 500, 000 
29, 470, 249 

85, 270, 000 

154, 352, 000 



387, 925, 069 



316,797,879 
196, 787, 419 



513,585,298 



71, 925, 107 



5, 538, 112, 948 



473, 914, 956 
207, 600, 000 
278, 131, 000 

212, 807, 651 



1,544,525,530 
74, 180, 000 



249, 366, 160 
291. 395, 544 



291,035,185 
66, 745, COO 



412, 261, 337 



4, 101, 962, 363 



749, 253, 796 

102, 362, 000 

250,116,874 

68, 212, 745 

16, 575, 000 

40, 907, 946 

300, 000 

588, 911, 194 



1, 816, 639, 555 



33, 746, 479 

140, 168, 203 

14, 975, 000 
18, 444, 950 

85, 609, 119 

196, 145, 987 



489, 089, 738 



388, 206, 202 
229, 545, 308 



617,811,510 



67, 895, 432 



7, 093, 398, 598 



1894. 



367, 695, 913 
173, 140, 000 
265,530,011 

178, 942, 410 



1, 413, 417, 811 
85, 650, 000 



329, 102, 105 
262, 017, 145 



292,063,135 
66, 495, 350 



331, 554, 357 



3, 765, 598, 237 



696, 830, 466 
87, 800, 000 

261, 536, 338 
93, 765, 581 
14, 066, 000 

127, 510, 272 
500, 000 

472, 044, 975 



1893. 



398, 919, 727 
162, 214, 909 
292, 766, 997 

237, 359, 742 



1,543,012,126 
37, 701, 870 

362, 623, 994 
340, 634, 126 

321,597,810 
67, 983, 173 

320, 782, 202 



1892. 



441, 400, 000 
198, 860, 000 
316, 897, 012 

266, 875, «43 



1, 761, 829, 090 
37, 700, 000 

464, 990, 621 
403, 478, 121 

409, 700, 984 
68, 817, 350 

318, 291, 365 



4, 085, 596, 676 4, 688, 840, 186 



871,480,222 

105, 115, 684 

239, 648, 406 

92, 345, 685 

18, 000, 000 

131, 286, 000 

1, 000, 000 

570, 435, 791 



972, 828, 418 
114, 000, 000 
297,319,746 
120, 557, 296 
28. 500, 000 
253, 716, 426 
800, 000 

548,413,965 



1,754,053,632 2,029,311,788 2,336,135,851 



30, 677, 833 

150, 832, 829 

21, 068, 000 
33, 021, 000 

90, 701, 003 

175, 140, 218 



53, 318, 794 

186, 840, 326 

37, 945, 000 
65, 494, 552 

85, 811, 307 

142, 208, 247 



501,440,883 571,618,226 



482,558,546 | 594,410,676 
210,614,301 ! 264,067,808 



693,172,847 I 858,478,484 



48, 845, 050 I 54, 743, 284 



97, 820, 717 

177, 811, 234 

11, 690, 000 
80, 692, 820 

147, 269, 222 

133, 635, 000 



648, 918, 993 



705, 989, 027 
456, 048, 366 



1, 162, 017, 393 



66, 836, 000 



6, 763, 110, 649 7, 599, 748, 458 8, 902, 748, 423 



10 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



Comparative statement of the white pine lumber product of the Northwest from 1873 to 1S96, 

inclusive — Continued. 



Locality. 



Dulutli district 

St. Croix River 

Chippewa River 

Lumber line (C, St. P., M. and 
O.R.R.) 

"Wisconsin River 

Mississippi River 

Miscellaneous mills — Minne- 
sota , 

"Wisconsin Valley Division, 
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. 
Paul Rwy 

Wisconsin Central Railroad. . . 

Milwaukee, Lake Shore and 
Western Rwy 

Wolf River 

Miscellaneous mills— Wiscon- 
sin , 



Total, west of Chicago 
district 



Green Bay shore district. 

Cheboygan 

Manistee 

Ludington 

White Lake 

Muskegon 



Grand Haven and Spring Lake 

Miscellaneous mills — Chicago 

and Lake Superior district.. 

Total, Chicago district. . . 

Chicago and West Michigan 
Rwy 

Grand Rapids and Indiana 
R.R 

Detroit, Lansing and Northern 
R.R 

Flint and Pere Marquette R. R. 

Mackinaw Division, Michigan 
Central R. R 

Miscellaneous mills — Michi- 
gan 



Total, railroad and in- 
terior mills 



The Saginaw Valley. 
Lake Huron shore. . . 



Total, Saginaw district. 

Lake Erie points 

Grand total 



1891. 



287, 781, 000 
190,717,450 
328, 954, 021 

246, 304, 357 



243, 252, 488 
205, 292, 262 
394, 622, 292 

250, 546, 754 



1, 493, 396, 835 1, 582, 907, 021 
46, 900, 000 41, 565, 000 



351, 452, 502 
355, 588. 498 

285, 203, 395 
103, 375, 000 

248, 036, 860 



3, 937, 709, 918 



823, 806, 671 
87, 800, 000 

278, 097, 201 

146, 909, 748 
24, 785, 000 

337, 156, 763 
2, 600, 000 



434, 373, 816 
336, 977, 527 

283, 269, 308 
104, 840, 000 

257, 484, 449 



4, 135, 130, 947 



881,355,513 
127,540,000 
280, 495, 172 
150, 605, 714 

28, 500, 000 
433, 960, 553 

32, 668, 392 



475, 804, 519 470, 723, 201 



2, 176, 959, 902 2, 405, 848, 545 



103, 820, 543 

165, 182, 516 

20, 453, 793 
68, 588, 694 

129, 329, 627 

70, 535, 100 



1889. 



221, 903, 300 
150, 869, 000 
305, 415, 348 

251,462,430 



1,343,737,412 
43, 030, 000 



372, 047, 125 
292, 359, 359 



254, 807, 237 
109, 463, 941 



249, 272, 808 



3, 594, 367, 960 



918, 919, 821 
105, 568, 034 
284, 126, 271 
136, 406, 109 

24, 875, 000 
490, 912, 236 

38, 798, 309 

481, 752, 576 



2, 481, 358, 356 



138, 382, 923 146, 479, 116 
191, 650, 684 230, 830, 778 



30, 984, 023 
77, 829, 402 



58, 830, 000 
78, 208, 644 



132,731,568 145,767,101 
02,065,534 j 63,712,227 



557, 910, 273 



762,901,386 
437, 655, 533 



1,200,556,919 



70, 000, COO 



7, 943, 137, 012 



633, 644, 134 723, 827, 866 



815, 767, 948 836, 184, 171 
597, 863, 141 601, 594, 924 



1,413,631,089 1, 437, 779,095 



76,250,000 63,500,000 



8, 664, 504, 715 1 8, 305, 833, 277 



1888. 



278, 283, 573 
187, 648, 238 
314, 192, 782 

282, 499, 375 



1, 489, 798, 477 
48, 458, 747 



342, 154, 712 
313, 721, 068 



203, 183, 625 
119, 333, 887 



179, 179, 402 



3, 758, 453, 946 



730, 187, 284 
96, 600, 000 

262, 830, 261 

130, 681, 881 
64, 250, 000 

626, 588. 166 
52, 543, 416 

412, 897, 501 



2, 376, 578, 509 



133, 992, 589 

221, 956, 670 

96, 118, 721 
74, 079, 140 

129, 185, 921 

44, 939, 824 



700, 272, 865 



876, 300, 087 
621, 689, 053 



1, 497, 989, 140 



55, 422, 000 



8,388,716,460 



1887. 



243, 450, 068 
135, 653, 300 
325, 783, 661 

286, 449, 692 



1, 262, 778, 448 
24, 071, 334 



296, 139, 945 
313, 428, 000 

183,751,300 
100, 812. 293 

135, 382, 109 



3, 307, 700, 150 



672, 669, 3S0 
87, 443, 000 

258, 328, 476 

137, 250, 380 
84, 323, 440 

665, 449, 921 
52, 000, 000 

382, 408, 475 



2, 339, 873, 022 



121, 996, 525 
295, 774, 248 



84, 349, 932 
95, 441, 220 



124, 392, 261 
11,408,000 



733, 362, 188 



766, 375, 696 
555, 855, 730 



1, 322, 231, 426 



54. 750, 000 



7, 757, 916, 784 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



11 



Comparative statement of the ivhite pine lumber product of the Northwest from 1S73 to 1S96, 

inclusive — Continued. 



Locality. 



Duluth district 

St. Croix Ki ver 

Chippewa River 

Lumber Liiie (C, St. P.. M. & 
O.R.R.) 

"Wisconsin River 

Mississippi River 

Miscellaneous mills -Minne- 
sota 

"Wisconsin Valley Division, 
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. 
Paul Rwy 

Wisconsin Central R. R 

Mil., Lake Shore & Western Ry 

Wolf River 

Miscellaneous mills— Wiscon- 
sin 



1886. 



Total, west of Chicago 
district 



Green Bay Shore district 

Cheboygan 

Manistee 

Ludington 

White Lake 

Muskegon 

Grand Haven and Spring Lake. 

Miscellaneous mills — Chicago 

and Lake Superior district.. 

Total, Chicago district 

Chicago and West Michigan 
Rwy 

Grand Rapids and Indiana 
R.R 

Detroit, Lansing and Northern 
R.R 

Flint and Pere Marquette R. R. 

Mackinaw Division, Michigan 
Central 

Miscellaneous mills — Michi- 
gan 



Total, railroad and in- 
terior mills 



The Saginaw Valley 
Lake Huron shore 



Total, Saginaw district. . 

Lake Erie points 

Grand total 



193, 387. 095 
127, 603, 242 
347, 492, 315 

281,485,131 



1,326,158,802 
30, 026, 000 



200, 314, 613 

275, 272, 408 

128,515,211 

99, 033, 779 

105, 839, 571 



3, 115, 128, 167 



3,169,018,977 



590, 740, 912 
97, 500, 000 

244, 359, 885 

115, 200, 000 
75, 347, 648 

620,334,164 
73, 663, 069 

279, 698, 669 

2, 196, 844, 347 



90, 573, 762 

367, 072, 251 

106, 393, 937 
83, 923, 610 

112,-716,447 

13, 675, 000 



774, 319, 007 



784, 891, 224 
499, 685, 698 



1885. 



161, 850, 000 
161.531,745 
372, 956, 872 

274, 111, 604 



1, 437, 889, 793 
27, 495, 000 



214, 993, 817 
229, 225, 000 
87, 6^0, 000 
130, 900, 000 

70, 435, 146 



1884. 



243, 967, 300 
149, 686, 881 
454, 544, 723 

288, 095, 526 



587, 067, 001 

60, 447, 464 

220, 759, 776 

85, 632, 040 
94, 576, 430 

543, 409, 637 

86, 250, 000 

299, 078, 276 



1, 977, 220, 624 



103, 926, 889 
240, 404, 203 



116, 168, 504 
87, 030, 475 



100, 028, 930 
16, 082, 000 



663, 641, 001 



1, 284, 576, 922 
54, 500, 000 
7, 425, 368, 443 



1, 190, 913, 953 



52, 300, 000 



7, 053, 094, 555 



1, 414, 294, 695 
6, 900, 000 



271, 720, 795 

301, 993, 232 

99, 232, 878 

142, 672, 196 

75, 538, 531 



3, 448, 646, 757 



601, 804, 134 

83, 200, 000 
237, 522, 675 

98, 848, 490 

84, 261, 555 
639, 952, 568 
120, 617, 335 

370, 063, 355 



2, 236, 270, 112 



100, 567, 700 

312, 961, 877 

126, 092, 378 
107, 481, 946 

95, 255, 374 

46, 673, 447 



789, 032, 722 



978, 564, 984 
431, 268, 479 



1, 409, 833, 463 



51, 250, 000 



7, 935, 033, 054 



191, 093, 103 
124. 464, 190 
428, 852, 505 

276, 545, 180 



1, 290, 062, 690 
42, 050, 000 



254, 607, 810 
282, 000, 000 



127, 251, 625 
149, 104, 690 



3, 134, 331, 793 



686, 644, 708 
82, 000, 000 
219, 710, 682 
128, 832, 122 
76, 750, 000 
646, 263, 886 
150, 946, 998 

119, 921, 680 



2, 111, 070, 076 



196, 576, 368 

306, 367, 900 

129, 672, 500 
110,024,786 

76, 345, 788 

64, 413, 508 



1882. 



154, 528, 950 
113,453,471 
414, 994, 735 

196, 999, 934 

i, 372, 319, 903 



236, 205, 388 
142, 220, 000 



145, 438, 461 
154, 462, 954 



2, 931, 924, 1C6 



638, 020, 113 
74, 451, 788 
236, 823, 385 
136, 248, 851 
108, 328, 251 
643, 780, 512 
192, 706, C32 

158, 012, 233 



2, 188, 371, 665 



206, 911, 000 

329, 610, 668 

102, 748, 000 
112, 638, 562 

72, 850, 000 

97,851,000 



883, 900, 850 



961, 781, 164 
478, 070, 903 



1, 439, 852, 067 
55, 635, 000 



7, 624, 789, 786 



922, 409, 230 



1,012,951,211 
441, 966, 134 



1, 454, 917, 345 



54, 528, 380 



7, 552, 150, 744 



12 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



Comparative statement of the white pine lumber product of the Northwest from 187S to 1896, 

inclusive — Continued. 



Locality. 



Duluth district 

St. Croix River 

Chippewa River 

Lumber line (C, St. P., M. & O. 
R.R.) 



1881. 



87, 866, 000 
124, 020, 474 
380, 390, 917 



1880. 



36, 000, 000 
111,380,000 
350, 632, 000 



1879. 



28, 500, 000 

84, 230, 000 

243, 665, 000 



1878. 



10, 500, 000 
61, 941, 000 
154, 119, 000 



is: 



53,341,000 
157, 046, 000 



"Wisconsin River 

Mississippi River 

Miscellaneous mills — Minne- 
sota 

Wisconsin Valley Division, 
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. 
Paul Ry 

Wisconsin Central R.R , 

Milwaukee, Lake Shore and 
Western Rwy , 

Wolf River ' 

Miscellaneous mills — Wiscon- 



1,153,191,303 



923, 035, 000 



153,747,000 
688, 141, 000 



105, 809, 000 
480, 698, 000 



124, 923, 000 
506, 090, 000 



180, 499, 000 
182, 499, 000 



141, 902, 000 

142, 236, 000 



138,849,000 
208, 000, 000 



150, 218, 000 
226, 854, 000 



104, 739, 000 
270, 176, 000 



90, 907, 000 
120, 000, 000 



96, 398, 000 
135, 500, 000 



Total, west of Chicago 
district , 



2, 459, 315, 694 



2, 072, 257, 000 



1, 573, 198, 000 



1, 023, 974, 000 



1, 063, 298, 000 



Green Bay shore district 

Cheboygan 

Manistee 

Ludington 

White Lake 

Muskegon 

Grand Haven and Spring Lake 

Miscellaneous mills — Chicago 

and Lake Superior district.. 

Total, Chicago district.. 

Chicago and West Michigan 
Rwy 

Grand Rapids and Indiana 
R.R 

Detroit, Lansing and Northern 
R.R 

Flint and Pere Marquette R. R. 

Mackinaw Division, Michigan 
Central R. R 

Miscellaneous mills — Michi- 
gan ^ 



532, 387, 607 
73, 000, 000 
208, 729, 054 
123, 168, 945 
140, 010, 042 
661, 845, 423 
191, 696, 077 

180, 000, 000 



505, 756, 488 
79, 173, 653 
197, 050, 311 
118, 377, 297 
91,451,458 
591, 201, 649 
135, 919, 658 

82, 420, 492 



383, 723, 000 
56, 000, 000 
197, 352, 000 
111,860,000 
83, 150, 000 
504, 555, 000 
120, 795, 000 

74, 195, 000 



322, 336, 294 
55, 500, 000 

169, 212, 932 

120, 896, 288 
89, 617, 107 

355, 991, 899 
80, 000, 000 

57, 526, 239 



271, 879, 494 
52, 500, 000 

148, 983, 152 

105, 328, 873 
82, 420, 000 

327, 325, 106 
80, 805, 871 

68, 923, 000 



2, 110, 837, 148 



1, 801, 351, 006 



1, 531, 540, 000 



1,251,080,759 



1, 138, 165, 496 



109, 210, 936 

267, 940, 292 

114, 158, 080 
130, 920, 704 

84, 187, 079 

200, 000, 000 



58, 380, 000 
174, 785, 000 



71, 530, 000 
92, 681, 000 



68, 275, 000 
163, 000, 000 



87, 804, 000 

146, 503, 000 

92, 673, 000 
80, 650, 000 

95, 615, 000 

150, 000, 000 



65, 000, 000 

128, 508, 000 

99, 450, 000 
59, 642, 000 

93, 500, 000 

120, 000, 000 



28, 750, 000 

139, 129, 000 

104, 216, 000 
75, 711, 000 

143, 800, 000 

133, 000, 000 



Total, railroad and in- 
terior mills 



906, 417, 091 



628, 651, 000 



The Saginaw Valley 
Lake Huron shore 



982, 320, 317 
313, 966, 409 



862, 453, 000 
286, 583, 000 



Total, Saginaw district.. 

Lake Erie points 

Grand total 



1, 296, 286, 816 



1, 149, 036, 000 



653, 245, 000 



566, 100, 000 



624, 606, 000 



736, 106, 000 
312, 854, 000 



574, 163, 000 
214, 155, 000 



640,166,000 
129, 098, 000 



1, 048, 960, 000 



788, 318, 000 



769, 264, 000 



6, 768, 856, 749 5, 651, 295, 006 |4, 806, 943, 000 



3, 629, 472, 759 3, 595, 333, 496 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



13 



Comparative statement of the white pine lumber product of the Northwest from 1S73 to 1S06, 

inclusive — Continued. 



Locality. 



Dulutli district 

St. Croix River 

Chippewa River 

Lumber line (C, St. P., M. &0. R. R.) 

Wisconsin River 

Mississippi River 

Miscellaneous mills — Minnnesota 

Wisconsin Valley Division, Chicago, 

Milwaukee and St. Paul R wy 

Wisconsin Central R. R , 

Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western 

Rwy 

Wolf 'River 

Miscellaneous mills — Wisconsin 



66, 793, 000 
255, 867, 000 



141, 700, 000 
700, 819, 000 



1875. 



75, 520, 000 
274, 077, 000 



119, 600. 000 
617, 397, 000 



1874. 



60, 200, 000 
282, 199, 000 



121,600,000 
575, 443, 000 



1873. 



71, 000, 000 
267, 000, 000 



125, 000, 000 
650, 000, 000 



138, 645. 000 
145, 050, 000 



163,737.000 
110, 000, 000 



185, 000, 000 
85, 000, 000 



Total, west of Chicago district. 



Green Bay shore district 

Cheboygan 

Manistee 

Luding ton 

White Lake 

Muskegon 

Grand Haven and Spring Lake 

Miscellaneous mills — Chicago and 
Lake Superior district 



1, 448, 874, 000 



1,360,331,000 



1, 309, 442, 000 



313, 086. 000 
45, 500, 000 

146, 425, 000 

104, 724, 000 
79,600,000 

296 334, 000 
58, 500, 000 

74, 360, 000 



274, 356, 000 
29, 400, 000 

160, 826, 000 
94, 800, 000 
64, 000, 000 

330, 400, 000 
83, 100, 000 

84, 080, 000 



233, 769, 000 
29, 500, 000 

152, 508, 000 
92, 225. 000 
51, 300, 000 

309, 200, 000 
80, 964, 000 

94, 825, 000 



Total, Chicago district. 



1, 118, 529, 000 



1, 120, 962, 000 



1, 044, 291, 000 



Chicago and West Michigan Rwy 

Grand Rapids and Indiana R. R 

Detroit, Lansing and Northern R. R. 

Flint and Pere Marquette R. R 

Mackinaw Division, Michigan Cen- 
tral R. R 

Miscellaneoiis mills— Michigan 



37, 250, 000 

126, 250, 000 

88,350,000 

71,935,000 

141, 750, 000 
124, 000, 000 



56, 970, 000 
147, 825, 000 
104, 950, 000 

82, 357, 000 

155,850,000 
200, 000, 000 



40, 615, 000 
112, 000, 000 
66, 700, 000 
89, 475, 000 

114, 550, 000 
236, 000, 000 



Total, railroad andinterior mills 



589, 535, 000 



747, 952, 000 



659, 340, 000 



The Saginaw Valley . 
Lake Huron Shore. . . 



573, 958, 000 
148, 150, 000 



581, 558, 000 
157, 750, 000 



573, 633, 000 
164, 600, 000 



Total, Saginaw district . 

Lake Erie points 

Grand total .., 



722,308,000 



739, 308, 000 



738, 233, 000 



170,000,000 
70, 000, 000 



1, 353, 000, 000 



283, 000, 000 
41, 100, 000 

183, 245. 000 
83, 670. 000 
88, 580, 000 

329, 689, 000 

117,535,000 

100, 000, 000 



1,226,819,000 



50, 600, 000 

130, 000, OoO 

75, 400, 000 

55, 303, 000 

50, 300, 000 
260, 000, 000 



621, 603, 000 



619, 867, 000 
172, 491, 000 



792, 358, 000 



3, 879, 046, 000 



3, 968, 553, 000 3, 751, 306, 000 



3, 993, 780, 000 



14 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



Comparative statement of the shingle product of the Northicest from 1873 to 1896, 

inclusive. 



Locality. 



1896. 



1894. 



1893. 



1892. 



Duluth district , 

St. Croix River 

Chippewa River , 

Lumber Line (C, St. P., M. 
andO.R.R) , 

Wisconsin River 

Mississippi River 

Miscellaneous mills — Minne- 
sota 

Wisconsin Valley Division, 
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. 
Paul Rwy 

Wisconsin Central R. R 

Milwaukee, Lake Shore and 
Western Rwy , 

Wol f River 

Miscellaneous mills — Wiscon- 



45, R83, 500 
37, 532, 500 
104, 211, 750 

29, 931, 000 



89, 501, 000 
36, 822, 000 
137, 604, 000 

49, 252, 500 



70, 234, 500 

59, 717, 000 

138, 575, 250 

75, 491, 750 



102, 120, 750 

59, 455, 750 

174, 567, 250 

110, 781, 000 



134, 226, 000 

87, 839, 000 

188, 243, 500 

147, 767, 250 



284, 963, 750 
14,911,250 



46, 801, 500 
19, 583, 000 

43, 968, 750 
9, 894, 000 

78, 224, 000 



408, 452, 000 
11, 416, 000 



69, 129, 650 
43, 181, 750 

97, 919, 000 
22, 678. 750 

111, 202, 200 



424, 954, 250 
18, 525, 000 



119, 504, 000 
59, 420, 000 



152,551,250 
24, 450,000 



155, 630, 000 



545, 263, 350 
11, 372, 000 



110,701,000 
115,794,250 

169, 340, 000 
28, 246, 000 

111,667,250 



746, 165, 500 
4, 450, 000 



218, 764, 000 
129, 589, 250 



290, 255, 000 
44, 556, 000 



102, 263, 750 



Total, west of Chicago 
district 



715, 405, 000 1, 077, 158, 850 



1, 299, 053, 000 



1, 539, 308, 600 



2, 094, 119, 250 



Green Bay Shore district 

Cheboygan 

Manistee 

Ludington 

White Lake 

Muskegon 

Grand Haven and Spring Lake. 

Miscellaneous mills — Chicago 

and Lake Superior district.. 

Total, Chicago district . . 

Chicago and West Michigan 
Rwy 

Grand Rapids and Indiana R.R. 
Detroit, Lansing and Northern 

R.R 

Flint and Pere Marquette R.R. 
Mackinaw Division, Michigan 

Central R.R 

Miscellaneousmills — Michigan 

Total, railroad and inte- 
rior mills , 



322, 462, 000 
21, 700, 000 

217,517,000 
11,601,000 
15, 285, 000 
40, 676, 750 



136, 564, 000 



765, 805, 750 



15, 000. 000 
33, 103, 000 

8, 900, 000 
29, 000, 000 

28, 600, 000 
132, 893, 000 



278, 760. 500 
34, 302, 000 

259, 737, 500 
22, 859, 500 
21, 800, 000 
53, 825, 000 



330, 085, 250 
31,200,000 

245, 289, 000 
38, 848, 000 
27, 048, 000 
62, 252, 000 



301,708,750 
43, 401, 000 

269, 483, 500 
37, 668, 750 
29, 700, 000 
75, 953, 000 



306, 941, 400 
50, 000, 000 

345, 969, 423 
51, 322. 250 
60, 000, 000 

169, 392, 000 



149, 662, 000 



160, 672, 000 



215, 906, 950 



204, 340, 250 



820, 946, 500 



895, 394, 250 



973, 821, 950 



1, 187, 965, 323 



26. 027, 750 
52, 535, 000 



12,350,500 
44, 250, 000 



41, 612, 750 
226, 266, 500 



33, 630, 500 
95, 985, 000 



25, 457, 000 
79, 733, 750 



83, 265, 000 
325, 103, 850 



98, 351, 500 
134, 722, 000 

28, 460, 000 
108, 099, 500 

83, 322, 750 
255, 923, 600 



96, 344, 000 
145,451,953 

28, 325, 000 
163,876,500 

85, 325, 000 
189, 826, 000 



247, 496, 000 403, 042, 500 



643, 175, 100 



718, 879, 350 



709, 148, 453 



The Saginaw Valley. 
Lake Huron shore. . . 



38,180,750 49,843,000 
90, 017, 950 114, 377, 750 



88, 307, 250 
95, 753, 250 



112, 826, 000 
76, 333, 000 



182, 315, 250 
106, 447, 000 



Total, Saginaw district. . 
Grand total 



128,198,700 164,220,750 



184, 060, 500 



189, 159, 000 



288, 762, 250 



1, 856, 905, 450 2. 465, 368, 600 

I 



3,021,682,850 



3,421,168,900 



4, 279, 995, 276 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



15 



Comparative statement of the shingle product of the Northwest from 1873 to 1896, 

inclusive — Continued. 



Locality. 



Dulnth district 

St. Croix River 

( !hippewa Kiver 

Lumber Line (C, St. P., M. 
&O.B.K) 

Wisconsin River 

Mississippi River 

Miscellaneous mills — Minne- 
sota 

Wisconsin Valley Division 
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. 
Paul Rwy 

Wisconsin Central R. R 

Milwaukee, Lake Shore and 
Western Rwv 

Wolf River....' 

Miscellaneous mills — Wiscon- 
sin 



Total, west of Chicago 
district 



Green Bay shore district 

Cheboygan 

Manistee 

Ludington 

White Lake 

Muskegon 

Grand Haven and Sprimr Lake 

Miscellaneous mills — Chicago 

and Lake Superior district . . 

Total, Chicago district . . 

Chicago and West Michigan 
Rwy 

Grand Rapids and Indiana 
R.R 

Detroit, Lansing and Northern 
R R 

Flint and Pere Marquette R. R 

Mackinaw Division Michigan 

Central R.R 

Miscellaneous mills— Michigan 

Total, railroad and inte- 
rior mills 



The Saginaw Valley 
Lake Huron shore. . . 



Total, Saginaw district. 
Grand total 



93,101,000 
71, 750, 000 
182, 171, 500 

122, 994, 750 



1890. 



661, 825, 250 
1, 950, 000 



159, 965, 250 
114, 206, 000 



255, 936, 250 
72, 933, 000 



84, 212, 000 



1, 821, 054, 000 



246, 177, 250 
11, 500, 000 

318, 642, 000 
90, 991, 250 
25, 883, 000 

191, 117, 250 



157, 799, 250 



1. 042, 110, 000 



77, 594, 000 

78, 654, 000 



85, 674, 750 
129, 625, 000 



95, 746, 500 
119, 183, 250 



586, 477, 500 



226, 938, 000 
78, 513, 000 



305, 451, 000 



85, 682, 500 
85, 605, 750 
191,507,500 

136, 899, 150 



689, 886, 600 
6, 900, 000 



194, 693, 000 
144, 981, 900 

226, 551, 750 
80, 181, 000 

115, 457, 000 



1, 958, 346, 150 1, 966, 710, 800 



100, 326, 750 
64, 925, 250 
178, 779, 750 



710, 491, 800 
11, 375, 000 



200, 408, 500 
132, 343, 250 



246, 350, 000 
50, 690, 500 



122, 886, 750 



349,101,250 
3, 000, 000 
404, 378, 500 
114, 422, 750 
41,000,000 
304,721,000 



174, 490, 000 



1,451,113,500 



389, 196, 000 
8, 500, 000 
584, 945, 750 
101, 484, 500 
42, 000, 000 
347, 201, 750 



141,676,500 



1, 579, 004, 000 



97, 895, 000 

93, 172, 000 

162, 466, 000 
176, 820, 000 

132, 891, 000 
118, 788, 250 



125, 166, 000 

146, 400, 000 

205, 571, 000 
204, 966, 750 

107, 999, 000 
54, 407, 000 



782, 032, 250 



221, 345, 600 
72, 9S7, 000 



294, 332, 600 



3, 755, 092, 500 ,4, 487, 824, 500 



844, 509, 750 



222, 246, 250 
86, 505, 000 



308, 751, 250 



4, 698, 975, 800 



1888. 



111,261,250 
66, 712, 750 
159, 020, 000 

127, 368, 000 



585, 804, 350 
23, 535, 000 



167, 726, 500 
130, 081, 500 



91, 793, 000 
57, 382, 000 



51, 950, 000 



1,572,634,350 



281, 497, 250 
6, 500. 000 
582, 394, 500 
97, 630, 000 
47, 132, 500 
501,157,000 
4, 000, 000 

122, 182, 000 



1, 642, 493, 250 



117,431,000 

175, 882, 750 

331, 420, 500 
206, 764, 250 

106, 653, 200 
24, 169, 000 



962, 320, 700 



263, 784, 000 
73, 414, 501 



337, 198, 501 



4, 514, 646, 801 



1887. 



84,496.000 
48, 574, 250 
134, 791, 250 

111,546,000 



461, 399, 500 
17, 088, 000 



126, 776, 500 
152, 223, 500 

89, 914, 000 
57, 592, 000 

41, 901, 000 



1, 326, 302, 000 

242. 832, 250 
11, 000, 000 

433, 131, 750 
79, 657, 500 
52, 020, 500 

520,531,750 
41, 275, 000 

113, 808, 000 



1, 494, 256, 750 



136, 856, 750 
298, 208, 000 



351, 386, 000 
159,411,250 



63, 500, 000 
36, 150, 000 



1, 045, 512, 000 



196, 983, 000 
53, 413, 000 



250, 39B, 000 



4, 116, 466, 750 



16 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



Comparative statement of the shingle product of the Northwest from 1S73 to 1896, 

inclusive — Continued. 



Locality. 



Duluth district 

St. Croix Kiver 

Chippewa River 

Lumber Line (C, St. P., M. 
andO. R. R.) 

Wisconsin River 

Mississippi River 

Miscellaneous mills — Minne- 
sota 

Wisconsin Valley Division, 
Chicago Milwaukee and St. 
Paul Rwy 

Wisconsin Central R. R 

Milwaukee, Lake Shore and 
Western Rwy 

Wolf River 

Miscellaneous mills — Wiscon- 
sin 



Total west of Chicago 
district 



Green Bay shore district 

Cheboygan 

Manistee 

Ludingtun 

White Lake 

Muskegon 

Grand Haven and Spring Lake 

Miscellaneous mills — Chicago 

and Lake Sviperior district . . 

Total, Chicago district . . 

Chicago and West Michigan 
Rwy 

Grand Rapids and Indiana 
R.R 

Detroit Lansingjand Northern 
R.R 

FlintandPere Marquette R.R 

Mackinaw Division, Michigan 

Central R.R 

Miscellaneous mills — Michigan 

Total, railroad and inte- 
rior mills 



The Saginaw Valley. 
Lake H uron shore . . . 



Total, Sagiuaw district. 
Grand total 



64, 370, 500 

42, 186, 750 

216, 125, 990 

157, 557, 500 



520, 594, 250 
21, 740, 000 



109, 458, 500 
140, 645, 750 

83, 040, 000 
45, 758, 750 

45, 278, 500 



1,446,756,490 



222, 982, 350 
9, 000, 000 
507, 388, 500 
118,161,750 
50, 653, 000 
458, 100, 000 
124, 670, 000 

135, 031, 000 



1, 625, 986, 600 



116, 017, 000 

403, 999, 750 

472, 029, 5001 
148, 035, 250 

62, 100, 000 
12,150,000 



1,214,331,500 



227, 463, 000 
62, 993, 120 



290, 456, 120 



1885. 



67, 050, 000 
51, 527, 250 
195, 937, 000 

146, 688, 000 



610, 118, 000 
15, 355, 000 



122, 409, 250 
142, 537, 000 

89, 655, 000 
75, 812, 000 

30, 124, 000 



1, 547, 212, 500 



246, 478, 000 
4, 000, 000 

482, 907, 000 
55, 507, 000 
73, 535, 000 

383, 844, 500 
97, 527, 250 

104, 467, 500 



1, 448, 326, 250 



102, 374, 500 

244, 248, 000 

391, 420, 000 
206, 608, 000 

35, 075, 750 
1, 500, 000 



981, 226, 250 



227, 739, 750 
53, 469, 000 



281, 208, 750 



4, 577, 530, 710 4, 257, 973, 750 



58, 165, 250 
48, 819, 000 
192, 382, 500 

134, 332, 250 



593, 325, 000 
950, 000 



138, 621, 200 
193, 872, 000 



55, 324, 250 
108, 871, 750 



51, 155, 000 



1, 575, 818, 200 



140, 738, 750 
3, 000, 000 

610, 334, 050 
45, 918, 500 
58, 380, 000 

327, 525, 500 

133, 322, 000 

117, 714, 250 



1,436,933,050 



73, 868, 000 

378, 579, 000 

497, 567, 000 
224, 660, 000 

2, 650, 000 
30, 729, 250 



1, 208, 053, 250 



281, 325, 500 
57, 696, 000 



339, 021, 500 



4, 559, 826, 000 



1883. 



49, 767, 000 
51, 336, 000 
136, 612, 250 

71, 846, 500 



538. 252, 000 
13, 635, 900 



163, 091, 250 
216, 958, 000 



106, 627, 000 
73, 528, 000 



1, 406, 653. 000 



172, 470, 750 
7, 000, 000 

722, 869, 139 
41, 307, 750 
39, 555, 000 

225, 529, 000 

147, 834, 000 

83, 940, 000 



1, 440, 505, 639 



134, 077, 000 
220, 568, 000 



178, 335, 000 
209, 575, 000 



18, 306, 250 
53, 807, 500 



814, 668, 750 



244, 631; 750 
58, 297, 500 



302, 929, 250 



3, 964, 756, 639 



51, 736, 500 

64, 059, 250 

162, 845, 950 

55, 837, 000 



578, 928, 000 



165,241,000 
108, 397, 000 



142, 292, 500 
155, 400, 000 



1, 484, 719, 200 



139, 223, 333 



721,999,000 
84, 091, 250 
38, 000, 000 

121, 398, 250 
57, 000, 000 

211, 716, 875 



1,373,428,708 



134, 054, 500 
267, 927, 000 



132,018,000 
253, 417, 000 



8, 650, 000 
100, 000, 000 



896, 066, 500 



278, 514, 000 
61, 549, 250 



340, 063, 250 



4, 095, 277, 658 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



17 



Comparative statement of the 



ihingle product of the Northwest from 1873 to 1896, 
inclusive — Continued. 



Locality. 



Dul at h district 

St. Croix River 

Chippewa River 

Lumber line (C, St. P., M. 
andO.R.R.) 

Wisconsin River 

Mississippi River 

Miscellaneous mills — Minne- 
sota 

Wisconsin Valley Division, 
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. 
Paul Rwy 

Wisconsin Central R. R 

Milwaukee, Lake Shore and 
Western Rwy 

Wolf River 

Miscellaneous mills — Wiscon- 
sin 



24. 650, 000 

71,887,000 

124, 141, 250 



419, 723, 343 



1880. 



7, 500, 000 
52, 958, 000 
87, 926, 000 



2S9, 658, 000 



40, 300, 000 
73,016,000 



169,439,000 
208, 331, 000 



35, 595, 000 
60, 458, 000 



144, 450. 000 
179, 900, 000 



1877. 



27, 9S0, 000 
55, 448, 000 



102, 007. 000 
242, 805, 000 



100, 140, 000 
•108, 834, 000 



81,300,000 
93, 700, 000 



162, 117, 750 
175, 000, 000 



144,411,000 
166, 630, 000 



83,167,000 
200, 000, 000 



Total, west of Chicago 
district 



1, 192, 493, 343 



924, 083, 000 



774, 253, 000 



Green Bay shore district 

Cheboygan 

Manistee 

Ludington 

WhiteL-ake 

Muskegon 

Grand Haven and Spring Lake. 

Miscellaneous mills— Chicago 

and Lake Superior district. . 

Total, Chicago district.. 

Chicago and West Michigan 
Rwv 

Grand Rapids and Indiana 
R.R 

Detroit, Lansing and North- 
ern R. R 

Fliutand Pere Marquette R. R. 

Mackinaw Division, Michigan 

Central R. R 

Miscellaneous mills — Michigan 



179, 212, 625 



601,890,000 
92. 109, 000 
36, 088, 000 
89, 000, 000 

175, 000, 000 

85, 000, 000 



189, 561, 000 
1, 250, 000 

440, 469, 000 
56, 707, 000 
47, 245, 000 
58, 003, 000 

168, 000, 000 

45, 881, 000 



194, 941, 000 
3, 000, 000 

366, 684, 000 
52, 715, 000 
65, 400, 000 
36, 000, 000 

118, 000, 000 

61, 775, 000 



1, 258, 299, 625 



I, 007, 116, 000 



898, 515, 000 



100, 000, 000 
167, 842, 286 



157, 659, 000 
212,814,313 



30, 000, 000 
80, 000, 000 



66, 292, 000 
186,581,000 



97, 049, 000 
152, 350, 000 



40, 428, 000 
200, 000, 000 



75, 277, 000 
274, 869, 000 



119, 314, 000 
90, 275, 000 



81, 875, 000 
250, 000, 000 



Total, railroad and inte 
rior mills I 748.315,599 



742, 700, 000 



891, 610, 000 



The Saginaw Valley 304, 025. 500 

Lake Huron shore 42, 872, 750 



241,075,160 
57, 938, 000 



Total, Saginaw district. . 346, 898, 250 



299, 013, 160 



Grand total 3, 546, 006, 817 2, 972, 912, 160 



218, 934, 750 
75, 800, 000 



66, 065, 000 
175, 300, 000 



661, 785, 000 



169, 550, 000 
2, 500, 000 

340,116,000 
25, 000, 000 
55, 000, 000 
16, 000, 000 

110, 000, 000 

60, 000, 000 



778, 166, 000 



71, 000, 000 
192, 900, 000 



133, 300, 000 
133, 450, 000 



100, 500, 000 
275, 000, 000 



906, 150, 000 



153, 989, 750 
61, 400, 000 



294, 734, 750 215, 389, 750 



2,859,112,750 2,501,490,750 



100, 736, 000 
133, 000, 000 



662, 630, 000 



156, 375, 000 
4, 800, 000 

205, 000, 0(10 
20, 000, 000 
51, 000, 000 
36, 00(1, 000 
68, 0U0, 000 

50, 000, 000 



585, 175, 000 



65, 500, 000 

328, 460, 000 

298, 184, 000 
166, 030, 000 

144, 000, 000 
225, 000, 000 



1, 227, 174, 000 



167,971,755 
53, 900, 000 



221, 871, 755 
2, 696, 856, 755 



S. Doc. 40- 



18 WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 

Comparative statement of the shingle product of the Northwest from 1873 to 1896, 

inclusive — Continued. 



Locality. 


1876. 


1875. 


1874. 


1S73. 














30, 105, 000 
79, 250, 000 


51, 525, 000 
72, 500, 000 


23, 900, 000 
63, 000, 000 


35, 000, 000 




Lumber Line (C, St. P., M. & 0. R. R.) 






106, 250, 000 
313, 172, 000 


77, 150, 000 
338, 903, 000 


45, 025, 000 
318, 052, 000 


53 800 000 




299 650 000 






Wisconsin Valley Division, Chicago, 












132, 700, 000 


84, 000, 000 


22, 000, 000 




Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western 




Wolf "River 


123, 192, 000 
48, 400, 000 


150, 225, 000 
37, 500, 00*0 


164, 650, 000 
52, 000, 000 


168, 480, 000 


Miscellaneous mills — Wisconsin 


46, 860, 000 


Total, west of Chicago district. 


833, 159, 000 


811,803,000 


688, 627, 000 


668, 790, 000 




107, 200, 000 
9, 000, 000 

189, 000, 000 
18, 000, 000 
61, 000, 000 
32, 000, 000 
45, 000, 000 

48, 000, 000 


63, 200, 000 
8, 500. 000 
148, 500, 000 
16,115,000 
20, 000, 000 
28, 100, 000 
40, 000, 000 

46. 000. 000 


126, 300, 000 
8, 000, 000 

129, 500, 000 
15, 000, 000 
30, 000, 000 
26, 000, 000 
38, 000, 000 

52, 000, 000 


108 450 000 




7, 900 000 




120 000, 000 




8, 000, 000 




29, 500, 000 




22, 750, 000 


Grand Haven and Spring Lake 

Miscellaneous mills — Chicago and 


36, 000, 500 
60, 000, 000 










509. 200, 000 


370, 315, 000 


424, 800, 000 


393, 100, 000 






Chicago and West Michigan Rwy 

Grand Rapids and Indiana R. R 

Detroit, Lansing, and Northern R. R . 

Flint and Pere Marquette R. R 

Mackinaw Division, Michigan Cen- 
tral K. R 


140, 375, 000 
219, 250, 000 
189, 450, 000 
146, 300, 000 

221, 450, 000 
350, 000, 000 


101,485,000 
206, 400. 000 
158, 148,000 
161, 800, 000 

114, 487, 000 
300, 000, 000 


106, 000, 000 
249, 000, 000 
100, 000, 000 
118, 500, 000 

92, 800, 000 
400, 000, 000 


80, 000, 000 
200, 000, 000 

90, 000, 000 
120, 699, 000 

15, 100, 000 




400, 000, 000 


Total, railroad and interior 


1, 275, 825, 000 


1, 042, 320, 000 


1, 066, 300, 000 


905, 799, 000 






204, 346, 725 
78, 000, 000 


224, 030, 240 
67, 350, 000 


208, 489, 555 
85, 000, 000 


218, 394, 550 




91, 350, 000 




Total, Saginaw district 


282, 346, 725 


291, 400, 240 


293, 489, 555 


309, 744, 550 




2, 900, 530, 725 


2, 515, 838, 240 


2, 473, 216, 555 


2, 277, 433, 550 





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19 



Appendix 2. 

Summary of estimates of coniferous wood standing in Minnesota, 1896. 

[Compiled from report of State chief fire warden.] 

[Feet, B. M.] 



County. 


White 
pine, mil- 
lion. 


Norway 
pine, mil- 
lion. 


Jack 
pine, mil- 
lion. 


Sprnce, 
million. 


Cedar, 
million. 


Tama- 
rack, mil- 
lion. 




375 

120 

1,500 

1 

1.6 
550 
800 
25 


75 
60 

350 














(a) 
(a) 












(a) 












0.4 

100 

150 

5 














(a) 
200 


10 i 


Cook . 




200 1 




10 


1 




(a) 
10 






450 

0.2 

2,200 

150 

1,500 

500 

18 

2 

800 

450 

3,200 

o 

6 


300 


50 










550 


30 


100 


100 50 










200 

40 

7 

0.4 

300 

150 

700 

0.075 

30 


50 


200 


400 


* 150 




(a) 














(a) 












(a) 






100 

450 




(a) 




400 


•800 


400 


Todd 


(a) 




100 














Total 


12, 050 
14, 424 


3, 017. 875 
3,412 


640 
640 


1,060 
1,050 


1,010 
1,010 


6U0 


The summary given by the chief firo 


450 







a Small amounts reported. 

Appendix 3. 
Estimates of white pine standing in State of Wisconsin, 1895. 



County. 



Ashland ... 
Barron * . . . 
Bayfield ... 
Burnett*... 
Chippewa*. 

Clark* 

Douglas 

Florence . . . 

Forest 

Iron 

Langlade. .. 

Lincoln 

Marathon*. 
Marinette.. 

Oconto 

Oneida 



Feet, B. M. 



400, 000, 000 

Small amounts 

1,700,000,000 

Small amounts 

do 

do 

1, 300, 0C0, 000 
400, 000, 000 
900, 000, 000 

200, ono, ooo 

200, ( 00, 000 
600, 000, 000 
Smallamounts 
700, 000, 000 
200, 000, 000 
600, 000, 000 



County. 



Portage*... 

Price , 

Sawyer 

Shawano*. 

Taylor 

Viias 

"Washburn 
Wood*.... 



Allowance fbrstarred (*) counties 

Probable cut -ince 1895 

Timber standing 



Feet,B.M. 



Smallamounts. 
400,000,000 
500, 000, 000 

Smallamounts. 
400, 00U, 000 
400, 000, 000 
300, 000, 010 

Smallamounts. 



9, 200, 000, 000 
800, 000, 000 



10, 000, 000, 000 
2, 000, 000, 000 



8, 000, 000, 000 



Totp.l assessment valuation of the counties, estimated, for 1895 $21, 513, 227 

Farm property, according to census 1895, 1,111,546 acres, valuation 6,208,645 

Balance assessment on woodlands, round numbers 15, 000, 000 



20 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



Appendix 4. 

Coniferous timber standing in Michigan, 1S97. 

[Compiled from fourteenth annual report of the State commissioner of labor.] 



County. 



Alcona 

Alger 

Allegan 

Alpena 

Antrim 

Arenac 

Baraga 

Bay 

Benzie 

Berrien 

Calhoun 

Cass 

Charlevoix 

Cheboygan 

Chippewa 

Claw 

Crawford 

Delta 

Dickinson 

Emmet 

Genesee #. 

Gladwin 

Gogebic 

Grand Traverse. 

Gratiot 

Houghton 

Huron 

Ionia 

Iosco 

Iron 

Isabella 

Kalkaska 

Kent 

Keweenaw 

Lake 

Lapeer 

Leelanau 



Number 
acres of 
standing 
pine in 
county. 



640 

800 
82 
80 
800 
160 
000 



835 
595 
940 
440 

IIIHI 

023 

780 
540 

225 

Kid 
SOU 
369 

30 
750 
43Q 

20 
700 
860 
1 
759 
471 
888 
052 
120 



Number 
acres of 
standing 
hemlock 
in county. 



13, 620 

46, 064 

70 

15,440 

12,539 

2,677 

117, 000 

9,720 

3,540 

320 



200 

10, 934 

33, 446 

119, 570 

6,880 

1,300 

111,408 

12, 100 

26, 160 



15, 740 

47, 000 

9, 032 



66,180 
90 



6,060 
26, 400 

7,680 
21,635 

1,000 
15, 080 

2,635 
55 

6,900 



County. 



Livingston . . . 

Luce 

Mackinac 

Macomb 

Manistee 

Marquette 

Mason 

Mecosta 

Menominee . . 

Midland 

Missaukee 

Montcalm 

Montmorency 
Muskegon . . .*. 

Newaygo 

Oakland 

Oceana 

Ogemaw 

Ontonagon 

Osceola 

Oscoda 

Otsego , 

Ottawa 

Presque Isle . 
Roscommon.. 

Saginaw 

Sanilac 

Schoolcraft ... 
Shiaw-assee - - 

St. Clair 

Tuscola 

Van Buren... 
"Wexford 



Total. 



Number 
acres of 
standing 
pine in 
county. 



Number 

acres of 
standing 
hemlock 
in county. 



4 

5,000 

10, 563 

5 

6,527 

85, 690 

13,912 

10 

19, 890 



10, 912 

120 

12, 7S0 

355 

2,665 

20 

73 

3.750 

63, 2S0 

1, 120 

21, 706 

17, 266 

20 

9,086 

4, 920 

2,103 

10 

61, 367 



700 
105 

20 
3,700 



12,000 
58, 700 



12,813 
Hi'. 0U6 
4.360 
13, 527 
65, 090 

720 
21,280 

750 
15, 330 

470 
2,221 



6, 437 

6, 105 

207, 160 

12, 158 

4,000 

6, 965 

1, 600 

27, 981 

12,4J0 



20 
105,218 



1,420 
'io,'920 



775, 208 1, 468, 166 



Appendix 5. 

Coniferous lumber cut in Maine since 1872. 

KENNEBEC RIVER AND AFFLUENTS. 
[Compiled from books of log-driving companies.] 





Tear. 


Million feet 
B. M. 


1872 


153.9 
178.6 
121.1 
124.8 
153.8 
62.1 
118 
131.4 
141.3 
238.9 
209.1 
206.2 


1 873 


1874 


1875 


1S76 


1877 


1878 


1879 


1880 


1881 


18S2 


1883 








Million feet 
B.M. 



179.2 

182.5 

214.7 

165.4 

213. 4 

227.5 

242.1 

226.2 

224.9 

271 

174 

165.7 



WHITE PINE TIMBER SUPPLIES. 



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Coniferous lumber cut in Maine since 1S72 — Continued. 

PENOBSCOT KIVEK. 
[In millions of feet, B. M. From books of surveyor-general.] 



Year. 


Pine. 


SP—.| hemlock, 


Total. 


Tear. 


Pine. 


Spruce. 


Hemlock, 
etc. a 


Total. 


1872 

1873 

1874 

1875 

1876 

1877 

1878 

1879 

1880 

1881 

1882 

1883 


4G. 2 
32.6 
24.2 
22. 3 
10.6 
14.7 
19.5 
17.9 
17.7 
33.7 
33.4 
26.5 


176.9 

129.3 

135. 2 

116.7 

S2.1 

85.5 

81.4 

92.0 

91.6 

. 104.7 

122.5 

115.3 


23.4 
17.3 
17.4 
15.7 
13.4 
17.7 
21.3 
12.7 
14.2 
15.9 
10.2 
19.4 
• 


24G.5 
179.2 

176.8 
154.7 

115.1 
117.9 | 
122.2 
122. 6 , 
123.5 
154.3 i 
172.1 
161.2 


1884 

1885 

18S6 

1887 

1888 ... 

1889 

1890 

1891 

1892 

1S93 

1894 

1895 


24.7 
30.5 
28.6 
29.1 
30.9 
27.9 
28.3 
23.1 
26.9 
22.4 
25.4 
27.2 


84.4 

94.4 
100.9 
102.7 
114.3 
121.7 
129.5 
118.2 
105.0 

81.4 
117.0 

91.5 


10.2 

17.9 

17.1 

17.8 

19.5 

20.7 

21.3 

23.7 

28.5 

21.4 

19 

25.5 


125.3 
142.8 
146. 6 
149.6 
164.7 
170.3 
179.1 
10."). 
100.4 
129. 2 
161.4 
144.2 



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